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Donetsk

Eastern Europe

Donetsk, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. The population was estimated at 901,645 in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area as of 2011; according to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine.

Facts
Population
901,645 1
Area (sq km)
358 2
Founding Year
1869 2
Population Estimate Year
2022 2
Elevation (m)
169 2
Latitude
48.015833 degrees north 2
Longitude
37.802778 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
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Donets Railway

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Source Wikidata: Donets Railwaytier 2
Sources
1. Donetsk (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The population was estimated at 901,645 (2022 estimate) in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011).
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Donetsk (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 48.015833, longitude 37.802778
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 169 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 358.0 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1869
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2022)
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3. GeoNames: Donetsk - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 709717
    48.023 37.80224 P PPLA UA 05 1408 9030692 901645 223 Europe/Kyiv
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 223 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 37.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 37.75
48.25 37.75 Dfb
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Wikidata: Donetsk
Wikidata Q43070, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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